https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1015/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/will-alex-meyer-bolster-the-twins-bullpen-r3857/The Minnesota Twins bullpen maintains the worst strikeout rate in baseball but on Thursday afternoon, they made a move to improve that area. After sending Michael Tonkin down to Rochester after Wednesday’s game, they recalled hard-throwing Alex Meyer to replace him. Meyer, who the team received in...3857Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/five-kernels-at-the-mwl-all-star-game-r3853/The Midwest League’s Eastern Division All-Stars took two hours and forty-four minutes to top their Western Division counterparts 5-0 in Peoria Tuesday night, but any Cedar Rapids fans who made the trip hoping to watch the Kernels’ representatives had to be careful with the timing of any trips to t...3853Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-promote-alex-meyer-r3855/The Minnesota Twins have announced that they will recall right-handed reliever Alex Meyer prior to Friday night's game vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. Meyer was Twins Daily's #5 Twins prospect before the 2015 season and this will be his first time with the big league club. Meyer was acquired in a trade...3855Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-minor-league-report-624-extras33-extras33-r3852/The Twins took the deciding game of their three-game set against the White Sox, beating Chris Sale again. For you prospect lovers, Byron Buxton went 0-4 with four strikeouts. Also on Wednesday, the first-ever Twins Draftbook was made available. There are write-ups on all forty draft picks. You pur...3852Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/ranking-the-twins-first-round-picks-part-4-1-10-r3849/Today we conclude our series ranking the Minnesota Twins first-round draft picks. (At the bottom of this list, you’ll find the previous articles) The major league draft is one way for teams to add talent to their organization. However, it is not a perfect science. Unlike other sports, the trek to...3849Thu, 25 Jun 2015 02:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/inaugural-twins-draftbook-r3850/If you’re anything like me, you bought a copy of the original Seth Stohs Twins Prospect Handbook in 2009– you remember, the one with the hideous red cover– and it started some sort of an information addiction. Then you turned around and bought the square edition in 2010 and wondered why it didn’t...3850Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-episode-200-midseason-prospect-update-r3847/Aaron and John do a special midweek episode to review the seasons of the top Minnesota Twins prospects, whether their status has moved up or down, and how Harry's Razors are like elite prospects. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just cl...3847Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/no-juice-podcast-60-plus-and-minus-r3848/On this week's NO JUICE PODCAST, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman review the week's Twins notes including Byron Buxton's slow start but impressive moments, Joe Mauer sudden power production and whether this is a sign of a rebound, evaluating prospects and new methods for improving your starting pit...3848Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-curious-case-of-the-twins39-signing-of-mike-pelfrey-r3844/While the Minnesota Twins are a homegrown team that relies heavily on players from their farm system to sustain success in the major leagues, reclamation projects are an important part of their team construction. Once highly touted prospects or players who have had some big league success and saw...3844Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-are-the-twins-hitters-doing-with-two-strikes-r3842/Watching Byron Buxton hit with two strikes on Sunday led me to wonder what the rest of the team is doing with their two-strike opportunities. Not just what kind of batting line they’re putting together — generally bad — but how often are they striking out when the count reaches two strikes? For a...3842Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/ranking-the-twins-first-round-picks-part-3-11-20-r3833/Last week, we started a series looking at and ranking 53 Minnesota Twins first-round draft picks. In Part 1: 31-53, we saw a lot of reminders that the draft is not a science, many don't make it or do little when they're there. In Part 2: 21-30, we started seeing some players that had some role in...3833Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/td-midseason-top-prospects-7-nick-gordon-r3834/Nick Gordon joined the organization a year ago as their first-round pick. As Parker pointed out earlier this year, the Twins have gotten a lack of production from their shortstops - 28th of the 30 teams - over the last dozen years. The hope in drafting Gordon was that taking the best available pla...3834Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:00:00 +0000